Baghua in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baghua in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baghua plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Baghua was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baghua's incremental SNDi rose from 6.37 to 7.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baghua ranked 246th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1764th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.49
- Rank in India
- 1622nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 221st of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.73
- Rank in India
- 1764th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 246th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Baghua built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Thái Bình built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bongaigaon built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Baghua became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Thái Bình grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bongaigaon became progressively more disconnected.